1. Basic Concepts
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
After carefully studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
➢Explain the concept of voltage, current, and resistance.
➢State and explain Ohm’s law.
➢Distinguish between electrical power and energy.
➢Distinguish between series and parallel connections of resistances.
➢Calculate branch currents and potential drops in parallel and series-parallel circuits.
➢Reduce a ladder network into a single equivalent resistance.
➢Explain the basic function of circuit elements like resistance, inductance, and capacitance.
➢Distinguish between self-inductance and mutual inductance and establish their relationship.
➢Determine the factors on which resistance, inductance, and capacitance depend.
➢Explain how ...
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